Work handling apparatus for crankshaft lathes



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WORK HANDLING APPARATUS FOR CRANKSI- IAFT LATHES I Filed May 24, 1951 6 Sheets-Sheet 3 INVENTOM. WALTER R. MEYER Ann HAROLD J. SlE/(MA/VN ATTORNEY.

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WORK HANDLING APPARATUS FOR CRANKSHAFT LATHES Filed May 24, 1951 6 Sheet sSheet 5 INVENTORS.

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WORK HANDLING APPARATUS FOR CRANKSHAFT LATHES Filed May 24, 1951 a Sheets-Sheet s 113 INVENTORS.

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Patented Sept. 29, 1953 2,553,502 wean HAN LIN P R TUS FOR. on nnsnAFT LATHES Walter R. Meyer and Harold J Siekmann, Cin- "cinnati, 0111p; as 's'i'g'nors to'The R. K. Le Blond Machine Tool 00.,"Cincinnati, Ohio, acolfporation of Delaware n l w aM r 1951, rial, Ne 228 05 1 This invention pertains to improvements in work handling mechanisms and apparatus for loading and unloading workin maemnetogn; More particularly this invention is directed to a loading apparatus for presenting worlg' the work spindles and removing it fro r n the work spindles of crankshaft machine tools, such as orbital crankshaft turning lathe sf crankshaft grinding machines andother related machine tools. Qne of the objects of this invention is to provide an automatic loading and unloading deviee e a rankshaf a e W Another object of this invention is to provide a. mn d rs nai i mana e are u t p e s ind qrbifia ere h eeft l s athe 2) er x mp e a i lust at d 'ie'laiwi 36 h ve W rk e n ch if si s diev c' si 12 s lus ra d in a i 93 1 2 S l answ obiet. th s n nti n is be pmvide a worl; handling apparatus for multiple pi dl i a are b 'w iq fif fini h i ih s s are r m v d rom th Y lk senile. an esh entw ed vqrkpi s a i vmai sz i ad d. i t aid inq esw i ut a w en or f j 14 92 the Part of he' gei s at that of operating the push louttongontro l mecha .o

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A s'tillfurther object of this invention is to provide a loading device for an orbital crankshaft lathe in which a plurality oi cranlishafts are held in a predetermined indexed position about the main bearing axes while being rnovd from an upwardr'etra' cted position for axial movement away from the work spindles of the machine, through an arcuate path to present said erankshafts on the axis of the Work spindles while at all times maintaining said cranlg'shat-ts in said predetermined indexed position, and then to provide further means" for vertically raising and lowering said handling mechanism 'for depositing or releasing the loading mechanism from the work crankshafts when in the work spindle chuclrs Of-"the lath'ei Further features and advantages of this invention wilrappear from a detailed description of thedrawings in' which:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the improved work handlingmeohanism as applied to a multiple spindle orbital crankshaft lathe.

" 2 isatransvers vertical section through the machine and apparatus 0t Fig. 1 "indicated hythe line"2'2 in Fig. 1.

'Fig. 2d isanenlarged fragmentary section on the line mt-4a of 1.

' Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of the loading device'shown'inloadingand unloading positionas'indicated by the line 3-4 in Fig. 1.

' Fig- 3d is n'enlarged seetionon the line 3a F-3a g is a horizontal section through one of the loading deviees'as indicated by the" line 4'4 in Figsfl'an d 3.'

5 is th'e electric-hydraulic control circuit diagram for the work handling apparatus.

As illustrative of one'preferredembodiment of thisinvention there'is shown the work handling apparatus applied to a multiple spindle orbital crankshaft turninglathe such as illustrated in Patent 2,138,964 having a base lll and a pair of uprighfend' hou'sings"H and I? in which are journaledot he world spindles l3 having power oprated'chuckingdevices [4 for gripping the flange andstiioend portions 15 and) of the Work crankshaftsW as shown for example in Patent 2,030 l42. The intermediate line bearing p'rfiqns" l'land l8 are supported in the usual tead'yrest I9' and zq as fully illustrated and described in the aforementioned patents.

' on'top of each of the housings and 12 of the machine are fixed the supporting pedestals 2| each of which are secured to the top surfaces 22 of the housings II and I2 by suitable screws 23 so as to form rigid supports for the traveling crane rail 24, Fig. 3, which is secured by screws 24a to the surface 25 on the box shaped longitudinally extending housing 26 in turn secured to the pedestals 2| by suitable screws 21a. Also extending longitudinally of the member 26 are the upper and lower precise alignment guide rails 21 and 28 rigidly secured to the member 26 by suitable screws 29.

In the arrangement here illustrated there are two complete loading crane devices indicated generally at 30 and 3| and each of substantially identical construction so that a detailed description of one of the devices will suffice for both. Each of the cranes comprises a truck member 32 in which are fixed the roller pins 33 which project rearwardly and support the load carrying rollers 34 and 35 on suitable anti-friction bearings 36, each of the rollers 34 and 35 having diametral portions 31 rolling on the edge surfaces 38 of the crane rail 24 and having side flanges 31a engaging the side faces 39 and 40 of the rail 24 so as to provide means for carrying the crane in a horizontal lateral movement to one side or the other of the machine structure. Fixed to the truck member 32 is the elevator cylinder carrying bracket 4| which projects upwardly and rearwardly terminating in a supporting bifurcated end 42 which carries the pivot pin 43 for the rear portion of the elevating cylinder 44.

In addition the aforementioned load carrying rollers 34 and 35 there are provided the supplemental precise alignment rollers 45 and 46 each of which are journaled on the respective pins 47 and 48 on suitable blocks 49 and 56 respectively which may be nicely adjusted by suitable shims 5| relative to the truck member 32 and the surface 52 of the elevating cylinder arm bracket 4|. Each of the rollers 45 and 46 respectively engage the precise alignment guide bars 28 and 2'! respectively so that by carefully adjusting the shims 5|, the exact position of the truck 32 may be maintained during its lateral movement along the rail 24.

Pivotally mounted about suitable rock shafts 53 and 54 are the parallel motion producing arms 55 and 56 which are preferably connected together by suitable tie means 5'! and 58. The downward and inward swinging motion of the arms 55 and 56 is limited to precise position, as indicated in Fig. 3, by engagement of the abutment screw 550. with the surface 55b of the arm 56, and engagement of the abutment screw 56a with the surface 56b of the arm 55, both of the screws 55a and 56: being adjustably mounted in the respective arms 55 and 56 so that the precise predetermined location of the inner swinging movement of the arms can be effected.

The cylinder 44 contains a piston rod 59 having an eye bolt 69 which is pivotally mounted at 6| to the link 62 which in turn is pivotally mounted about the rock shaft 53 and is also pivotally connected at 6| to a link 63 which in turn is pivotally connected at 64 to a bracket 65 rigidly secured to the cross member 5! of the upper arms 55 by suitable screws 66. The outer ends of the arms 55 and 56 terminate respectively in pivotal connections at 67 and 68 connected to the work supporting carriage 69. Thus by this arrangement actuation of the fluid pressure cylinder 44 causes the arms 55 and 56 to swing from the retracted unloaded position 69a, as shown in Fig. 2,

to the loading position 691), as shown in Fig. 3, while at all times maintaining exact parallelism of movement of the member 69 during the swinging movement to and from the position 69a to 69b and return.

Mounted for vertical sliding movement on the carriage 69 by means of suitable dove tail guide ways 10 is the work engaging hook carrying slide upon which is rigidly fixed the work engaging hooks l2 and 13 as best seen in Figs. 2, 3, and 4. It is to be noted that the hooks 12, Fig. 4, engage the Nos. 2 and 5 crank pins 14 and 15 while the supporting hooks l3 engage the intermediate crank pins Nos. 3 and 4 indicated at 16 and 11 so as to hold the crankshafts in a predetermined indexed position relative to its main line bearing axis of rotation 18. Thus the locating spots 19 that have been premachined on the crankshaft are thus held in a predetermined indexed position relative to the line bearing axis 78 as the work crankshaft is moved from the position 1841 to the position 18b on the axis of rotation of the chucks I4 and work spindles of the lathe. Thus in this manner the locating spots I9 on the crankshaft terminal webs 80 are properly aligned so as to enter between the locating surfaces 8| fixed in the chucks l4 while at the same time the flange and stub end line bearings portions l5 and |6 will properly enter into seating engagement with the arcuate surface 82 formed in the half bushing 83 fixed in the chucks H.

In order to release the crankshafts from the hooks after they have been deposited in the chucks M or to permit placement of the hooks under a completed workpiece for removal of the crankshaft from the chucks the hook carrying slide H is arranged to have limited vertical movement on the dove tail guide ways 10 by means of the hook actuating cylinders 84 which are securely fixed by suitable screws 85 to the carriage member 69 and have a piston 86 and a piston rod 81 connected through suitable connection means at 88 to a lug 89 formed integral with the slide 1|. When the piston 86 is moved to its upper position the hooks are engaged under the respective crank pins as described to hold the crankshaft in the desired indexed position for insertion into or removal from the chucks I4 and held in this position during the swinging motion of the carriage 69 from position 69a to 69b and return. When the piston 86 is moved downwardly to its lower position to travel the hooks are free of the crankshaft so that the crankshafts will be left deposited in the chucks or on the loading and unloading rail arrangements indicated generally at 99 and 9| so that the hook mechanisms may be swung away from the chucks or loading and unloading arrangements 90 and 9| without moving the crankshafts. Further, whenever the crankshafts are supported on the hooks and in the position 18a with the carriages swung outwardly as best shown in Fig. 2, the crane may be moved longitudinally along the rail 24 to position crankshafts with regard to the work spindles and chucks l4 and the loading and unloading racks 90 and 9|. Each of the racks 96 and 9| respectively support rough and finished crankshafts WR and WF with their line bearing axes on the axis or rotation 18 of the chucks l4 and the work spindles of the machine. The unfinished crankshaft supporting rack constituting the members 92 and 93 constituting a suitable supporting frame work has supporting rails 94 and 95 which engage the intermediate pin bearings of the crankshaft so that they slide down to a forward position and come to a stop with these intermedh ate bearing portions in such a position that they may be gripped by the hooks I2 and as described to properly orient the cranksha-its in indexed position necessary-to enter the chucks I4 asrecited' above. The unloadingor finishing'rack comprises suitable supporting members 96' and 9-Tupon the latter of'which are provided rails 98 which engage the terminal line bearing portions f5 and I6 of the crankshaft and slope away from the machine so that the crankshafts when deposited roll back to a conveyor atthe rear of the machine to be. conducted awayfor subsequent operations. Each of the loading crane devices 30 and 3| are rigidly interconnected by a tie rod 99' secured by suitable bolting means at I; to each of the crane devices so that both of the cranes move laterally along the rail 24 in unison so that when one device is inposition in front; of the work spindles of the machine the other device is at either of the loading or unloading racks.

The operation of the work hand-ling apparatus is substantially as follows: During the normal turning and cutting operation ofthe lathe the loading devices are positioned at an intermediate locationeach end of the rail 24' as best shown in Fig. I, with each device swung outwardly and being positioned in front of the end housings I I and I-2- of the lathe. cutting cycle the chucks I4 and work spindles are stopped in a predetermined position I01 by a well known mechanism forming no part of this invention. The operator then energizes the chuck control valve I02 by applying power a suitable manner from the lines LI and L2", Fig. 5, to open the chucking devices and release the crankshafts therefrom.

To unload the completed crankshafts and insert new unmachined crankshafts in the lathe, the operator presses-the load push, button I03 for the automatic loader to start its cycle to cause solenoid I04 of the traverse control valve I05 to be energized so as to apply fluid pressure to the traverse motor I06 which is rigidly mounted on the truck member 32 of the crane 3| and has an output shaft I 0! upon which is rigidly fixed a pinion I08 which engages the rack I09 fixed on the rail 24 so as to cause the crane 3| and through the tie rod 99 the crane 30 to both move simultaneously to the right, Fig. 1, so as to bring the left hand crane 30 in front of the work spindles of the lathe while presenting the right hand crane 3| to the rough unfinished crankshaft workpiece supply rack 90. When the cranes have reached their extreme right position the limit switch LSA-A is actuated by an abutment screw I10 to energize the solenoid III of the elevating cyls inders control valve I I2 so that fluid pressure will then be supplied from the hydraulic pump H3 and the pressure supply line II4 to the line M5 to apply pressure against the piston head end chambers IIB of the elevating cylinder 44 to cause the carriages 69 tomove toward the work spindles and chucks I4 and the loading rack 90 of the machine. At this time the hook slide II is in lowered position as the hooks are swung downwardly and inwardly to engage the finished crankshafts in the chucking devices I4 and the rough unfinished crankshaits on the loading rack 90.

At the end of the lowering and swinging in movement of the carriages 69, with the hooks 12-43 in lowered position, the limit switch LSB is actuated to energize solenoid II! of the hook At the conclusion of the 6. control valve I I 0 so as to actuatethecylinders; 84. to cause the respective hooks to be raised: to en-. gage the crankshafts in the chucks and on the loading rack 00. At the conclusion or the up. stroke of the slideH and the hooks. I2-.-.1=3 in-, picking up the crankshaf-ts; limit switch D813 is actuated whereupon solenoid H 0 of 'v-alve I05 is-energized so as to apply fluid pressure to the hydraulic traverse motor I06 to cause the cranes. now carrying; apair of finished crankshaftson the left hand crane and a pair of unfinished rough crankshafts on the. right; hand crane, so as to bring the rough crankshafts in alignment with the work spindles and chucks I 4. and'to present the finished crankshafts in alignment with the unloading rack 91, both cranes traveling to-th-e extreme left position where they are curately stoppedby engagement of the abute ment screw I20 with the abutment block I. fixed on the end of the rail 24, the abutment. screwalso at the same time actuating: limit switch LSD-B which in turn causes energizing" of solenoid II t of the valve I I 2- so as to actuate the cylinders 44 to cause the hooks to. swing downe wardly to deposit the rough unmachined cranka shafts in the chucks I4 and concurrently to bring the finished orankshafts into position over the unloading rails oithe rack 9|. At theconclusion of this downward and inward swinging movement or the carriages 65 the limitswitchLSB is again actuated which now causes solenoid I22 of the valve M8 to be energized so that the hook slide I I will be lowered so as to release the right hand crane from engagement with the rough crank shafts now deposited in the chucks andto den posit the finished crankshafts on theunloading rack 9|, the limit switch LSB being actuated by suitable dogs I23 and I24 carried ona rod I25 guided in a suitable bearing I26 in a bracket 'I2-T mounted on the cylinder head I20 of the cylinder 4, the rod I 25 being fixed by suitable means such asthe connection I 2! to the piston rod 59. by means or the arm I30, as best seen in Figs. 2 and 3.

Atthe bottom of the stroke of the cylinder 84 for actuating the hook slide, the collar I'3I fixed in suitable adjusted position on the pin (32 which in turn is fixed in the hook slide 1 I, :actuatesthe limit switch ISC which is rigidly mounted on the. work carrier 68 by suitable screws I83, as best seen in Fig, 2, the'upward movement of the hook slide II actuating the limit switch LS6 through the medium of the collar I34 also-ad, J'ustably carried on the pin I32. As the'hook slide reaches its lowered position the limit switch LSC- is actuated to thus cause the solenoid I35 of. fi m valve M2 to becnergized so as to again elevate he work carriages Gate retracted posi, tion' wherelimit. switch LSB is again actuated so that sol noid I 04. will now be energized to apply fluid. pressure to the trav rs motor I0 to cause th cranes totravel to the right toward theirin ermedi e eutral position during he ma hining operations on the crankshaits de cashed in the chucks I 4 of the machine The ranes are automati ally roug t to rest n the c nter position by enga ement of limit switch LSE-A whi h d tains the loadi g devices n this P si n ur nghe machining cy le until the operator again presses the load button at the completion of the machining cycle, Pressing of the load button I03 energizes the main con trol solenoid I36 of the main stop and start control valve I" to 'putthe system again in operation as statedand as shown in the diagram Fig. 5. At any time the operation of the loading device may be halted by pressing the stop loader button I38 to deenergize the main control valve I31. Suitable interlocking safety features are provided such as the limit switch LSM and the contactors Ml, I42, and M3 to prevent operation of the chucking devices during the operation of the loading device and to prevent the reverse type of Operation of the loading device when the machine is running and the work is chucked in the chucks H in a well known manner and forming no specific part of this invention.

While, for illustrative purposes, the above description is directed to the arrangement where rough crankshafts are initially presented at the right hand side of the machine and the finished shafts removed at the left hand side, it is obvious the opposite arrangement of presenting rough crankshafts at the left hand side could as well be done and would be within the intended scope and purview of this invention.

There has thus been provided an automatic work handling mechanism for a machine tool in which rough crankshafts are automatically picked up from a loading rack and at the same time removed from the chucking devices of the machine at the completion of the machining cycle and held and supported in a predetermined indexed position on the loading device both during the depositing and after removal of the crankshafts from the lathe. Further, the device is operative automatically to replace finished machine shafts with new unmachined crankshafts and at the same time deposit completed shafts in an unloading rack without attention or skill upon the part of the operator.

While the apparatus herein disclosed and described constitutes a preferred form of the invention, it is also to be understood that the apparatus is capable of mechanical alteration without departing from the spirit of the invention and that such mechanical arrangement and commercial adaptation as fall within the scope of the appendent claims are intended to be included herein.

Having thus fully set forth and described this invention what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by United States Letters Patent is:

1. A work handling device for a machine tool including, a frame, a horizontally disposed crane rail on said machine frame arranged parallel to the axis of rotation of the work spindle of the machine tool, a truck member, roller means on said truck member adapted to move laterally along said rail, a pair of parallel motion producing arms pivotally mounted at one of their ends on rock shafts located on said truck member, a vertically disposed work supporting carriage, means for pivotally mounting said carriage at the outer ends of said arms so that said arms may be swung upwardly and downwardly while maintaining said carriage in parallel vertical positions, a fluid pressure elevating cylinder interconnected between said truck and one of said arms to actuate said arms to effect said swinging movement of said work carriage member, a work engagin hook carrying slide vertically reciprocatable on said carriage, a hook actuating cylinder interconnected between said carriage and said slide for moving said slide to and from a predetermined upward vertical position on said carriage, and work engaging hooks on said slide adapted to engage a workpiece to hold said workpiece in a predetermined indexed position on said carriage.

2. A work handling device for a machine tool including, a frame, a horizontally disposed crane rail on said machine frame arranged parallel to the axis of rotation of the work spindle of the machine tool, a truck member, roller means on said truck member adapted to move laterally along said rail, a pair of parallel motion producing arms pivotally mounted at one of their ends on rock shafts located on said truck member, a vertically disposed work supporting carriage, means for pivotally mounting said carriage at the outer ends of said arms so that said arms may be swung upwardly and downwardly while maintaining said carriage in parallel vertical positions, a fluid pressure elevating cylinder interconnected between said truck and one of said arms to actuate said arms to effect said swinging movement of said work carriage member, a slide which is vertically reciprocatable on said carriage, a hook actuating cylinder interconnected between said carriage and said slide for moving said slide to and from a predetermined upward vertical position on said carriage, work engaging hooks on said slide adapted to engage a workpiece to hold said workpiece in a predetermined indexed position on said carriage, and abutment screw means between said arms to precisely limit downward movement of said work supporting carriage to a predetermined fixed position.

3. A work handling device for a machine tool including, a frame, a horizontally disposed crane rail on said machine frame arranged parallel to the axis of rotation of the work spindle of the machine tool, a truck member, roller means on said truck member adapted to move laterally along said rail, a pair of parallel motion producing arm pivotally mounted at one of their ends on rock shafts located on said truck member, a vertically disposed work supporting carriage, means for pivotally mounting said carriage at the outer ends of said arms so that said arms may be swung upwardly and downwardly while maintaining said carriage in parallel vertical positions, a fluid pressure elevating cylinder interconnected between said truck and one of said arms to actuate said arms to effect said swinging movement of said work carriage member, a slide which is vertically reciprocatable on said carriage, an actuating cylinder interconnected between said carriage and said slide for moving said slide to and from a predetermined upward vertical position on said carriage, work engaging hooks on said slide adapted to engage a workpiece to hold said workpiece in a predetermined indexed position on said carriage, abutment screw means between said arms to precisely limit downward movement of said work supportin carriage to a predetermined fixed position, and stop means on said slide operated by the movement of said slide to limit said upward movement to a precise predetermined position.

4. A work handling device for a machine tool including, a frame, a horizontally disposed crane rail on said machine frame arranged parallel to the axis of rotation of the work spindle of the machine tool, a truck member, means on said truck member adapted to move laterally along said rail upon movement of said truck machine, a plurality of parallel motion producing arm means pivotally mounted at one of their ends on rock shafts located on said truck member, a vertically disposed work supporting carriage, means for pivotally mounting said carriage at the outer ends of said arm means so that said arm means may be swung upwardly and downwardly while maintaining said carriage in parallel vertical positions, a fluid pressure elevating cylinder interconnected between said truck members and one of said arm means to actuate said arm means to effect said swingin movement of said work carriage member, a slide vertically reciprocatable on said carriage, an actuating cylinder interconnected between said carriage and said slide for moving said slide to and from a predetermined upward vertical position on said carriage, work engaging hooks on said slide adapted to enga e a workpiece to hold said workpiece in a predetermined indexed position on said carriage, abutment screw means between said arm means to precisely limit downward movement of said work supporting carriage to a predetermined fixed position, and stop means on said hook carrying slide operated by the movement of said slide to limit said upward movement to a precise predetermined position.

5. A work handling machine for crankshaft lathes wherein crankshafts for machining may be unloaded from said lathe and loaded thereinto by machine elements operated in unison, said machine comprising a frame, a horizontally disposed crane rail on said frame arranged parallel to the axis of rotation of th work spindle of the lathe, a truck member, means on said truck member adapted to move laterally along said rail, a pair of parallel motion producing arm means pivotally mounted at one of their ends on rock shafts located on said truck member, a vertically disposed work supporting carriage, means for pivotally mounting said carriage on the outer ends of said arm means so that said arm means may be swung upwardly and downwardly while maintaining said carriage in parallel vertical positions, a fluid pressure operated cylinder means interconnected with said truck and said arm means for actuating said arm means to effect said swinging movement of said work supporting carriage member, a slide which is vertically reciprocable on said carriage, means interconnected with said carriage and said slide for moving said slide to and from a predetermined upward vertical position on said carriage, Work engaging hooks mounted on said slide and adapted to engage and support a crankshaft in a predetermined indexed position on said carriage, and abutment screw means engageable by said arm means to precisely limit downward movement of said work supporting carriage to a predetermined fixed position.

WALTER. R. MEYER.

HAROLD J. SIEKMANN.

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